Vet's Son Sues VA Medical Center

Chris Carson has filed a suit against the Huntington VA Medical Center regarding the death of his father, Army veteran Asa Carson. The late Carson passed following stomach surgeries by Dr. Robert Finley III.

According to a Des Moines, Iowa, newspaper the Iowa Board of Medicine had previously filed incompetency proceedings against him related to nine patients.

The Department of Veterans Affairs previously offered about $38,000 to settle the claims. The pro se suit seeks $1.8 million in damages.